As we reported
last week, the U.S. Supreme Court recently issued opinions in two cases
involving First Amendment challenges to government officials’ use of social
media (Lindke v. Freed and O’Connor-Ratcliff v. Garnier). To follow up on that post, we want to provide more insight into the new
test the Supreme Court announced in Lindke v.
Freed and that will be applied by the respective Courts of Appeals when these two cases are remanded.

In Lindke v. Freed, the U.S. Supreme Court held that when
a government official posts on social media, the official’s speech will only…

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